Richard75013

Thanks for yalls help, I got home and reset the amp and its plenty loud when using the right track to set the amp gains lol. I then measured the volts while listening to a song at max with what sounded and according to the DD1 should be no clipping at its bouncing around between 5 and 10.x so if I multiply the 10x10 (volts x volts) I am getting 100 watts per speaker and that is the RMS the speakers are rated at. gotta tell you tho, Its a love hate relationship with the new DNN990HD, its really nice with the functionality such as vol offset, gain offset, EQ per source and a plethora of other settings but it is sloooooowwwwww and it has booted without sending the amp remote wire a signal and then once with multiple errors stating this and that failed to start. A reboot was all that was needed but for the price I dont think I should have those issues.

oh crap, I didnt think I would be buying gold bars tho, no, let me restate lol, anything for 1k or less would be my preference.

Thanks AF! Started looking at them and found a few dealers local but no online shops in the US that list price so I can get an idea of whats a good price vs raping me lol

SnowDrifter, good idea on copying the tunes to the usb and then setting the amp, makes sense and thanks for the tunes, just downloaded them so it will take me less time to copy them to the usb

Not worried about price, if I buy a good one once it will be cheaper in the long run so whats your thoughts? audison. Thank you, I'll look at them.

Not worried about price, if I buy a good one once it will be cheaper in the long run so whats your thoughts?

Thanks, can any answer the good quality mosfet amp brand question?

Ok, so here is what I am hearing from you guys. Set HU only using track 2. Set multichannel using track 4 or 6, 4 probably being best SQ and 6 being a little less SQ and a little more SL. Tune sub using track 1 only. This 1 conflicts with the manual tho as the manual says use 3,5 or 7 depending on what I want. Which 1 should I use 1 or the 3,5,7 choice? Lastly, if I do end up tossing this amp, what is a very good quality mofst amo brand that I should go with? Thanks to all of you for the help!

Correct on the vol offset mention. As far as source of music, I use the Ford sync USB and the FM as well as online stations like IHeart via wifi. I used the CD that came with the DD1, is that what you are asking?

hmm, now I am thinking I had a brain fart, I dont recall using track 4 or 6 at all when setting the amp gains. Dangit, so I need to go back and reset everything I guess. I also need to get the updated manual I guess because after setting this last night I noticed that there is an update to it and I dont know what changed. Bought my DD1 early last year or earlier I think. So this is what I am understanding, set the HU to 34 (distortion free at track 2). Now use track 6 to set the amp gain with the HU at setting 34 and that s going to be the best it gets. Lastly, what amp brand would you recommend if I toss the multichannel amp? I dont do this for a living so I dont have the field experience you do and I dont mind tossing it if needed but want the next 1 to be a very good amp

Sorry, tuning the HU, used track 1 and then 2, no distortion at track 1 HU only but was distortion on track 2 at setting 35. set sub using track 3 and then 5.

track 3 at first and then readjusted to track 5 (increased gain a little)

I used the DD1 to find the distortion level out of the Kenwood DNN990 HU with 5volt preouts, that level was 34 out of 35 using track 2 @1khz, (no distortion at the 40hz using track 1 at max HU volume). Since I use the remote I set the HU gains down to -2 and there was no distortion at track 2 @1khz. I did this so I would not be able to pass up the max distortion free level on the HU when using the remote as I am typically sitting in the back of the trk when using the remote thus I would not be able to see the actual volume setting. Next I set the amp gains with the HU at 35 (remember this is a distortion free level from the HU) and the gain setting ended up just barley off of the 6volt setting, about 5 I assume. My setup: DNN990HD HU 4x composite Polk Audio db5251 5.25 100RMS @4ohm door speakers. 1x POLK Audio PA4000.1 4 channel mid amp used for mids and tweets 1x Sound Ordinace 8" powered sub woofer (cheapy but has plenty of bas for me, not looking for ground shaking) 2 gauge power and ground utilizing a distribution block I haven't measured the voltage at max to determine theoretical watts but will tonight and I'm guessing its probably around 60 for each door but I could be completely off and its actually higher. The issue is it is not as loud as I would expect or hoped but it is distortion free according to the DD1 and my ears. Questions: * I know its hard to know from a post but would I have been better off NOT setting the HU gains to -2 and just note that the max HU vol setting was 34 and then I would have been able to add more gain in at the amp? Would that have mattered? *These door speakers have an Efficiency rating at 92db, would I get more SPL from a lower efficiency rated speaker, I assume not but would like to know the real world experience answer. May be I just need more speakers but dont have a place for more since I am using a full under seat DU-HA storage container Steve M., could I ask you to chime in on those 2 questions if you have time? Thanks..Richard